Fox Chief Legal Officer Viet Dinh to step down months after Dominion settlement
Publishing timestamp: 2023-08-11 16:54:40
Summary
Viet Dinh, the Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corp, will step down from his position. This comes after Fox agreed to pay a $787.5 million settlement to Dominion Voting Systems to end a defamation lawsuit. Dinh had advised the company through the lawsuit, which accused Fox of falsely blaming Dominion for the 2020 election loss of former President Donald Trump. Dinh will become a special advisor to the company after stepping down.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/11/fox-chief-legal-officer-viet-dinh-to-step-down.html